Polystira tellea
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| Polystira tellea | |
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| Shell of Polystira tellea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. tellea |
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira tellea (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma albida tellea Dall, 1889 | |
Polystira tellea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
This form differs from the Polystira albida in having the revolving sculpture fainter and more uniform, the transverse sculpture much stronger and more elevated, giving a finely reticulated appearance to the surface. The anal notch is more shallow, the siphonal canal more slender, usually without any umbilical chink.[2]
